I Don’t Want Your Candor. I Want

I'm Very Concerned With Questions Of Language. This Is What I Think Of When I Think Of Myself As A Writer: I'm Someone Who Writes Sentences And Paragraphs. I Think Of The Sentence - Not Only What It Shares But, In A Sense, What It Looks Like. I Like To Match Words Not Only In A Way That Convey A Meaning, Possibly An Indirect Meaning, But Even At Times Words That Have A Kind Of Visual Correspondence.

Past, Present And Future Are Not Amenities Of Language. Time Unfolds Into The Seamsof Being. It Passes Through You, Making And Shaping.

I've Never Made An Outline For Any Novel That I've Written. Never.

You Have To Break Through The Structure Of Your Own Stonework Habit Just To Make Yourself Listen.

Any Assault On The Borders Of Perception Is Going To Seem Rash At First.